The Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it has arrested a 40-year-old secondary school teacher, Olaniran Adewale, for allegedly sexually assaulting innocent girls. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to our correspondent. Olaniran, until his arrest was a Mathematics teacher at Ebenezer Grammar School, Iberekodo, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. The teacher is a native of the Ipokia Local Government Area of the state. Speaking to our correspondent, Odutola said, “On your inquiries on the 4th of November, 2023, a case of suspected rape was reported by a Director in the Ministry of…
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Soldiers attached to Operation Safe Haven Tactical Team of the Nigerian Army have arrested the alleged killer of the Ardo of Panyam in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Adamu Gabdo, in Lagos State. This was disclosed in a post on the official X handle of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday. According to the Army, Philip Gokas, also known as Jaykimo, was tracked and arrested in the Ogba area of Lagos State, where he was found having fun at a football viewing centre. In addition to providing vital information that will help in the arrest of more suspects in…
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS TWENTY FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS OF THE NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSION (NPC) President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of twenty (20) qualified Nigerians to serve as Federal Commissioners in the National Population Commission (NPC) with nine current Federal Commissioners being appointed to a second term in office: (1) Hon. Emmanuel Trump Eke — Abia (2) Dr. Clifford Zirra — Adamawa — Reappointed (3) Mr. Chidi Christopher Ezeoke — Anambra — Reappointed (4) Barr. Isa Audu Buratai — Borno — Reappointed (5) Bishop Alex Ukam — Cross River …
The Federal Capital Territory High Court has admitted the embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to bail. The court ordered that he should be released to his counsel and must be produced in court when needed. The presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi, also ordered him to deposit all his travel documents with the court’s registrar. He held that there should be an end to a prolonged detention. Details later…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has instructed all its branches nationwide to continue issuing various denominations of both old and redesigned banknotes in ample quantities to deposit money banks. The apex bank disclosed this in a statement signed by its Director, Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, and posted on its X handle on Wednesday. This comes in response to reports of cash shortages in major cities, despite earlier assurances from the CBN about sufficient cash availability nationwide. Part of the statement read, “For the avoidance of doubt, while reiterating that there are sufficient banknotes across the country for all normal economic…
A peace meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Imo State ended in confusion on Tuesday in Owerri, the state capital, after the INEC National Commissioner representing South-East, Kenneth Ukeagu, ordered journalists to shut down their cameras and other gadgets. Participants, particularly traditional rulers, at the session fled the hall as the interactive session ended in disarray following the opposition to Ukeagu’s directive by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party members. Also, in what could be described as another unsavoury development, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on…
Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey, commonly known as Hilda Baci, has removed the title of world record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual from her bio on X. This development comes hours after the Guinness World Record announced an Irish chef, Alan Fisher, as the latest world record holder for the title on Tuesday, November 7. In a post on X on Tuesday evening, Hilda Baci wrote, “Just as Chef Lata respectfully acknowledged the new record holder by updating her bio and later fine-tuning the wording, I’ve adjusted mine too. “Achieving such a record is…
Ten people were reportedly killed on Monday at the Ukoosaa-Atam community in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. The attack, according to locals, was a reprisal by one of the rival bandit groups. Rival bandit groups, Chain and Full Force, both from Ukum LGA, engaged in a battle of supremacy on Friday, leading to the death of 15 of them. It was gathered that since the battle for supremacy last Friday, the bandits have been engaging in reprisals, this time on innocent people. A native of Ukoosaa-Atam who spoke to our correspondent on the phone on Tuesday said the…
No fewer than four residents of Nasarawa State have lost their lives in a boat accident that occurred in the Awe Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the boat which was conveying Rice Farmers from Ubbe District in the Nasarawa Eggon LGA, had a tragic accident while crossing a river at Hunki village of Awe LGA on Monday night. Meanwhile, the bodies of the deceased have been transported back to the village for proper identification by their families. They were identified as Alkali Congo, Shedrack Dauda, Mashack Dauda, and Akolo Moses. Confirming the incident to our…
The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of an automatic 40 per cent deduction of Internally Generated Revenues of Federal Universities and other partially funded institutions across the country. The auto-deduction policy of gross IGR is in line with the Finance Circular with reference number FMFBNP/OTHERS/IGR/CRF/12/2021 dated December 20, 2021. The circular limits the annual budgetary expenditure from IGR of the partially funded federal government. This was contained in a letter dated October 17, 2023, and titled ‘Implementation of 40% automatic deduction from internally generated revenue of partially funded federal government institutions’ by the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin…